. Key to North American birds [microform] : containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 804 SYSTEM A TIC SYNOPSIS. â J' YGOl'oUES biiwil ciillnr, tlio numtl i>ad(ll(> iiml piiir of strips; tliu iiiuiulilxilar rIioo niid bai*al Atrip; tlirc't' lilr^il small lateral picrrs, in all seven, ('i'lius as in y. arcticti, laeUiu^ only the pair of pronasul strips ; tliiis exactly us supjMweil tu lie the vnsv i


. Key to North American birds [microform] : containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 804 SYSTEM A TIC SYNOPSIS. â J' YGOl'oUES biiwil ciillnr, tlio numtl i>ad(ll(> iiml piiir of strips; tliu iiiuiulilxilar rIioo niid bai*al Atrip; tlirc't' lilr^il small lateral picrrs, in all seven, ('i'lius as in y. arcticti, laeUiu^ only the pair of pronasul strips ; tliiis exactly us supjMweil tu lie the vnsv in /â '. corniculata. The losit of the |iieces of .hi; iip|)er niantlihle niaki-s the muiie ilitference in the hill as occurs in F, ardica ; but the moult of the umudibulur shoo eifects less chunf;e in the appearance of the hill). H&O. L. clrra'ttt. (I^at. c(n«/rt, havini: curly loeks. Fii;s. ,")IU, 5;)ri.) Ti;ftei> I'fFKlN. Adult iu Huniincr: CreHts about 1 inches lon^, Htruw-yellow, some of the ]»isterior feathers hlacU at liMse ; the>e bundles i>f >ilky, i;lossy feathin) with very delicate shaftK and lotisened webs; they ehielly ^prllllt friim what corresponds to the furrow in the plumaue of /â¢'. orrlirii. I'ace white, broadly of this color on sidex ⢠if '"ad to iH'yond eyes (as far as the crest>), u:irri>wly across forehead and chin, the bill bcint; entirely : iir- rouiiiled by white. Crown between the crests, anil entire u|iper parts, â¢â¢xeeplini; the extreme forehead and '^ n line aloui; the forearm, ({lossy blue- ^ black. Kntire umler parts, exct'ptini; Fio (;'umn,naiKlze extr. me chin, and includin.^' sides ..f hind head and Hides of neck, wooly brownish-black, inon- (jrayish on the belly, the lininit of wintis smoky-(;ray, the under tiid-coverls ipiite blai-k. \ViuL'> and tail black, their inner webs brownish-black, tie shaft of the primary whitish imderneath near base. Kill, fee


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